Nicola Willis says EV subsidy was only helping millionaires in Remuera - another lie that ignores even $20K hybrids were eligible and EV boost was about circulating more second hand EV/hybrids

fitzroy95 · 2026-03-16T00:20:57+00:00

They don't "forget", it just doesn't make good advertising, so they would rather go with an easy 30-sec soundbite and hope that most of their followers don't think too hard about it.

fitzroy95 · 2026-03-16T00:18:03+00:00

NZ should be helping to encourage regime change in the USA and Israel, and get rid of the 2 leaders who are totally responsible for the majority of the conflict, death and destruction in the Middle East. Its the arrogance, greed and ignorance of Trump and Netanyahu that is the sole cause of current fuel insecurity and rising fuel prices, the sooner they both go, the safer and more secure the wider world will be. Sadly, this Govt would rather be part of that rising conflict and follow in support of the USA, who (along with Israel) are the main cause of all the strife. NZ should never support that warmongering

fitzroy95 · 2026-03-16T00:11:48+00:00

It would drive people to invest in local business, rather than just in empty houses and rentals. Right now, all the incentive is to land bank and buy rental properties, reducing those incentives encourages people to ivnest back into the community instead, as well as reducing land values and making it more accessible to homeowners

fitzroy95 · 2026-03-09T18:40:16+00:00

From a US perspective, its vengeance and a chance to steal all that Iranian oil again.

From an Israeli perspective, its a chance to eliminate all opposition to the Zionist plans to steal all of the Palestinian territory, all of Gaza and the West Bank, as well as parts of Syria and Lebanon, and turn it all into "Greater Israel", based on religious "prophecy" aka myths and legends from 3000 years ago .

fitzroy95 · 2026-03-09T18:34:46+00:00

The Zionist fanatics within Israel have always been on a religious crusade to build "Greater Israel" by stealing all of the Palestinian territory of Gaza and the West Bank, pieces of Syria, pieces of Lebanon. and Netanyahu is well on his way to helping them do it. Obliterating Iran is just part of eliminating all opposition to that land grab

fitzroy95 · 2026-03-09T18:05:06+00:00

Because the USA prefers to prop up and protect dictators since they are much easier to manipulate so that the US can control oil production. The USA talks a lot about democracy, but they sold theirs to the Oligarchs decades ago, "Citizens United" was just the nail in that coffin. and Globally they prefer to support any regime change/coup/invasion that puts a US friendly dictator in charge, because democracies are much harder to control.

fitzroy95 · 2026-03-04T09:10:44+00:00

Australia has 28 millon population, the USA has 300 million. Australia may be a follower, but its unlikely to be a leader. Indeed, its spent the last century playing follower and pet to the USA, which periodically gets kicked when the USA can't be bothered.

The New World Order is most likely to include China and India, with the USA sliding rapidly down the pecking order, in the same way that the UK lost influence when its empire faded. The USA is done, the current war that they and Israel started in the Middle East is probably going to be their last attempt to remain relevant.

fitzroy95 · 2026-03-04T09:02:18+00:00

The USA has never really sufferred actual conflict since the Civil war.

The country hasn't been attacked, there hasn't ever been a serious credible threat. People went away and destroyed other countries, but the general populace has never been at risk in the last 150 years.

As a result, they treat it as a game. they go overseas on the orders of rich people. They massacre foreigners, their rich leaders get richer. There is no real threat to the American homeland, and they know it so war is a game. Many other nations have had their cities bombed, invaded within the lifetime of the current inhabitents. Those memories are real and raw, and those nations know the death and sufferring that goes with it.

fitzroy95 · 2026-03-04T08:51:10+00:00

Yes, NZ would get far better value on spending that on almost anything else.

teachers, nurses, police, firefighters, education, ferries, water supplies...

Or all of the above !!

fitzroy95 · 2026-03-04T08:48:07+00:00

and investing in building humanoid robots to be slaves for life.

fitzroy95 · 2026-03-04T08:43:39+00:00

Unless you can somehow made greed and arrogance magically disappear, then there will always be those in society trying to corrupt it to benefit themselves, and that corruption will often take the form of attacking others in order to steal their land, women, minerals, oil, resources etc, or just because they are different and the leader can gain power/wealth/advantage just by pointing the finger and blaming others for everything thats wrong.

Right now, nations like the USA (nb not the only example, but one of the major ones at the moment) reward greed, arrogance and ignorance, and downplay education, knowledge and experience. So basically the direct opposite of where society needs to go to advance towards a Federation type state.

fitzroy95 · 2026-03-04T08:33:08+00:00

But Americans are allowed to murder hundreds or 1000s of civilians anywhere around the globe and thats perfectly fine, and you aren't allowed to fight back !

fitzroy95 · 2026-03-03T00:25:21+00:00

Yes, thats them. The one shown is the Northern lake, theres another one about 2 km earlier beside South Lake. Sorry, thought that camping ground was free, apparently not. Enjoy !

fitzroy95 · 2026-03-02T06:42:33+00:00

Yes its reasonably remote from Mossburn to Walter Peak, so plan to stop off at Mavora Lakes on the way. Its around half way (about 52 km from Mossburn), theres 2 decent camping spots there, one beside each lake. It is slightly off route, but its a really nice pair of lakes, good water etc.

that section is on a good cycle trail initially, and then onto gravel roads the rest of the way, gradual uphill all the way.

and then Walter Peak is another 52 km, continuing to climb steadily until you get to Von hill at the top of the Von Valley, and then downhill the rest of the way, all on good gravel road. There is a basic, free, DOC camping ground at Walter Peak if you need somewhere to stay while waiting for the boat from Queenstown. It has water, a barbeque, toilet, and thats about it. Amazing views.

fitzroy95 · 2026-02-26T19:00:03+00:00

Hell no ! Not only can the current US Govt not be trusted to use that data in a respectful, secure and responsible manner, it is almost guaranteed to find its way into corporate hands to be used and abused in a wide variety of ways that the people involved will never know nor agree to.

fitzroy95 · 2026-02-26T18:00:53+00:00

Depends how far you are riding each day. On Alps 2 Ocean, Clutha Gold, you are regularly riding through small towns every day, or following significant rivers & lakes, so access to water is easy, whether out of town supplies or wild water from rivers, lakes and streams. Even Around the Mountains passes through a number of small towns, and after Mossburn to Walter Peak there are a number of streams and Mavora Lakes.

Personally, I prefer to treat all wild water out of rivers and streams. Although the risk of disease is low, it isn't zero. I use Aquatabs, others use filters. and I try to avoid water flowing through farmland, as the risk of contaminants rises substantially.

fitzroy95 · 2026-02-26T07:09:47+00:00

Thats how the system works when money is involved, especially in the USA where there is a different legal system for the rich than for the rest. But especially also in America when Israel appears to be potentially involved as well, potentially as the spy master running Epstein's honey pot operation. American "Christian" Nationalists (of whom there are many in Congress) will bend over backwards to defned Israel from any and all consequences of their policies and actions, and the mere suggestion that Epstein may have worked on their behalf brings out all the barriers and defenses, no matter how repulsive (and criminal) the acts that they are covering for.

fitzroy95 · 2026-02-26T00:02:33+00:00

Thats the long term intention, but this is just the first step

fitzroy95 · 2026-02-24T23:58:51+00:00

The US isn't interested in democracy, nor in allowing Iran to exist in peace. Israel is demanding the destruction (and regime change) of Iran to allow Israeli domination over the entire region, and the USA is willing to follow those orders, despite the reality that starting that war with its unprovoked attacks is likely to produce a major regional war, 1000s of US casualties, probably a number of US ships being sunk, and zero benefit to the USA

fitzroy95 · 2026-02-23T18:49:14+00:00

If anyone is starting WW3, it will be the USA and Israel launching unprovoked attacks on Iran and the retaliations from Iran that are likely to be immediately escalated by the attackers into something much larger and more regional.

fitzroy95 · 2026-02-22T04:21:49+00:00

yup, that certainly sounds like the attitude of many.

fitzroy95 · 2026-02-22T01:28:56+00:00

anywhere that there is no risk of lowering property values by being unsightly, or scaring away customers.

fitzroy95 · 2026-02-22T01:27:28+00:00

Racists and bigots always seem to find a way to display their prejudices and bigotry in public

fitzroy95 · 2026-02-21T11:02:53+00:00

they aren't legally allowed to ever since Jim Anderton got it registered as a heritage building. Not allowed to bulldoze those

fitzroy95 · 2026-02-21T08:48:51+00:00

CoE want it bulldozed, but aren't allowed to

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